Totem

Microbrewery in Evergem, East Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Established in 2015

Contact
Reibroekstraat 101, Evergem, 9940, Belgium
Description
At Totem, we try to brew beers very much in the same way most Belgians wouldn't.

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6/10
Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 15:01

8/10
Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 14:57

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Very glass-sticking cream-beige head over opaque mossy-tinted black beer. Bark, dry leaves, husks, dry hopbales. Dry hoppy, but some lemon and some oxydation. Moulded citruspeel. Long-lasting flavours, very dry. Not bad, but black IPAwise, there’s better.
Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 14:47

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7
Good snowwhite head over cloudy but bright orange beer. Wheat, wheat, wh... and other grains, faint oxydation. Bit of citrus and shrimp-DMS. Wheat, citrus, banana; clove in the finish, quite classic. Medium bodied, wheatslickness but not very well-bodied. Better-than-usual Weisse. Vrie woar!
Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 14:38

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Medium white head; glass-sticking over hazy orange-ochre beer. Rainwater, green herbs. Dry, other grains, gouache paint, with a bitterish - vegetable ending. Medium bodied, gristslick, medium to good carbonation. Not bad, but not really special.
Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 14:13

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draught Small rest of head remaining; fully hazy orange-ochre beer. Rosewater, rosepetals, sweet pink grapefruit. Light citrussy-hoppy flavour with a finish as from grapefruitpeel. Light but not watery, bit sticky yet refreshing. Great!
Tried on 20 Aug 2016 at 13:54

8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Totem Liquid Bounty Eisbock (by Totem):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.5/5

19/VIII/16 - on tap @ setup Gents Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2016-861) Thanks to Klaas for my "prima nocta" glass!

Note: I guess I'm on the edge of being classified as prejudiced taster, right? Well, come and taste this one yourself. :p
Pitch black beer, big creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive, lots of small coconut chunks in the glass, floating atop the beer. Aroma: lots of coconut, lots of chocolate, some coffee, mocha, soft roast, sweet. MF: no carbon, full body. Taste: sweet, caramel, lots of coconut, dark chocolate, some coffee, little bitter, cocoa powder, vanilla. Aftertaste: alcohol, hoppy, coffee, caramel, lots of chocolate, coconut, coffee. Wow, what a flavour bomb.
Tried from Draft on 19 Aug 2016 at 16:05

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Totem Ixchel (by Totem):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

18/VIII/16 - 33cl bottle @ home - BB: IX/2018 (2016-860) Thanks to Klaas for my "prima nocta" bottle!

Slow gusher!
Very cloudy murky dark brown beer, big aery fluffy brown beige head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: oh yes, very resinous, floral as well, yeasty touch, somewhat sweet, caramel, soft roast, more yeast. MF: very lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter start, floral notes, bit soapy, fruity touch, malty. Aftertaste: very strong roast, coffee, charcoal, dark chocolate, some citrus, grapefruit, bit of tropical fruits, grassy hops. More towards a stout than a black ipa, but still very decent.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2016 at 16:05

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Geers. Hazy amber colour, white foam. Malty nose, some biscuits, buckwheat, citrus. Hoppy bitter finish. Easy drinkable. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2016 at 01:59

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Imported from my RateBeer account as Totem / Hedonis Vrie Weisse (by Totem):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

15/VIII/16 - 33cl bottle from the brewer @ home - BB: 16/VII/18 (2016-854) Thanks to Klaas for my "prima nocta" bottle!

Bit cloudy beige blond beer, big irregular creamy off-white head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, lots of citrus, bit sourish, pineapple. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, banana, wheat sourness, bitter hops, citrus, some pineapple. Aftertaste: melons, hoppy, nice bitterness, banana, yeast, citrus, lovely fruitiness, bit sweet, more green melons.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2016 at 16:04